“My relationship to food has always been difficult, because I've always...” — Omid Djalili Quote

“My relationship to food has always been difficult, because I've always been overweight and I've always battled it.”

“If I've got to carry this bit of fat around my stomach for the rest of my life, then I apologise to my pallbearers. I'll be heavy when they carry my coffin.”

“The prospect of living in a world where there is no God terrifies me. Even if the atheists are right, it doesn't uplift me to hear them.”

“Any actor in musicals would probably want to play Fagin or maybe Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof'.”

“I was very lucky to get a part in Gladiator and had a couple of scenes with Oliver Reed. I was basically a bit frightened of him.”

“I used to dance every two minutes in between the stand-up. I can't even remember why I did that. It was mentioned to me that when I danced, audiences were laughing at me not with me. So it was either stop dancing or ban my manager from the gigs.”

“I've been overweight since puberty, so acting was never a dream.”

“I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.”

“Psychologically, when you've been overweight, you want to achieve the polar opposite.”

“You look at the guys who are winning tournaments , Ronnie, Ding, Mark Selby, Marco Fu - none of them are overweight, they are the slimmer guys on tour.”

“I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with back problems.”

“I'm not overweight, but I'm not in shape at all. I do not work out.”